Re: Diseases have become the latest "import" to America

From: Bishop (Bishop_at_InTheHall.Com)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:45:01 GMT

On 13-Feb-2005, phippsmartin@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Just another reason to add to the long list of reasons to close the
> borders,
> > airlines from foreign countries, and boats. The Liberals want to ban
> > smoking, eating meat, and fast food all for *health reasons.* Well,
> let's
> > ban immigrants and tourists unless they have a health
> certificate....for
> > REAL health reasons!
>
> Sounds good... but it doesn't take into account the threat coming from
> real Americans who travel to other countries and bring these infectious
> diseases back with them. We would need to require people who spend
> more than a week overseas be quaranteened upon arrival in the United
> States to ensure they aren't carrying anything. Three days should be
> enough. Oh and then there's the border with Canada: it will have to be
> sealed with a fence and barbed wire and regular patrols. People trying
> to get in or out will have to be shot: otherwise it would mean placing
> too much of a burden on our health care system. Eventually we would
> want to ban all international flights altogether. Americans currently
> living overseas would have to be given notice of this change so that
> they could leave their homes in their adopted country or else find
> themselves completely unable to ever return to the United States. Once
> these changes come into effect, neither they nor tourists nor would be
> immigrants or refugees would ever be able to go to the United States.
> Mind you, who would want to anyway? Indeed, the problem would solve
> itself as the conservatives turn the United States into such a strictly
> controlled police state that nobody would want to live there anyway.

This is one of the most intelligent responses I've read in here in a
long time. Congrats Martin! No sarcasm intended.

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